Modular AI has introduced Mojo , a new programming language that combines the syntax of Python with the speed and portability of C.
- Mojo aims to simplify programming across the ML/AI infrastructure stack by providing powerful compile-time metaprogramming, type inference, and automatic parallelization.
- It supports multiple hardware backends and is up to 35,000 times faster than Python.
- Mojo leverages the Python ecosystem and will remain open-source until it becomes a superset of Python 3.
- While some see Mojo as a potential replacement for Python and Julia, others remain skeptical about its performance claims.
